Combined shipping, dispensing, and display box or carton



- A. J. GANZ COMBINED SHIPPING, DISPENSING, AND DISPLAY BOX on CARTONFiled Sept. 1'7. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 m ms ORNEY i A. J. GANZ COMBINEDSHIPPING, DISPENSING, AND DISPLAY BOX OR CARTON Filed Sept. 17. 1921 2Sheets-Sheet 2 |NVENTOR= HLBERT J. G/M/Z.

BY HIS ATTORNEY5 Patented May 15, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT JAY GANZ, OF NEW YORK; N. Y.,'.ASSIG1\TO'R TO EINSON-FREEMANCOMPANY, OF

7, NEW YORK, N. Y.,I A'CORPORATION on NEW Yoax. COMBINED SHIPPING,DISPENSINGJAND DISPLAY Box on CARTON.

Application-filed September 17, 1921. Serial No. 501,390,.

To allwhomz'tma'y contern:

- Be it known that vI, ALBERT J Y .GANz,

citizen of United States-off'America, re-

siding at 1505 Charlotte Street, New York city, in the county of 'Bronxand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Combined Shipping,

Dispensing, and Display Boxes or Cartons, of which the follow'mg' isa,spec1fication,

reference being had therein to the accom-g panying drawings, I I r Thisinvention relates to a combined shipping, dispensing and. display 'boxor carton and it has for its object the provision of an improved deviceof this nature constructed lnsuchmanner that it may be formed from asingle piecev of heavy paper or like material and will serve hot on y asa container for apluralityofpackages or articles during shipment, butmaybe used to display said articles in theistore and Will permit of theready dispensing of the article from thepackage wit in the carton. JFurther objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in $18detailed description which follows. v

.In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. lis aperspective view of at package constructed in accordance withthe invention showing the same set up to display the contents thereof;Fig.2 is a perspective view looking from the rear of the package; 1. I

Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the package in. its closed condition andillustrating/ by dotted lines how the wings and easel may be' swung outto display position;

Fig. ,4 is a plan view of the blank from which the entire carton isformed;

' Fig.5 ,is a perspective view showing the initial step in placing thearticles to be displayed and vended in the carton; and

succeeding-step in the assembly of the carton.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts'throughout the severalfigures of the drawings. h

Referring to the drawings and part1cularly to Fig. 4 it will be seenthat the entirepackage is made from a blank consisting of a front 5which is'separatedby the scored lines 6 from wings 7. When these wingsare brought to the. position illus- 4 see Fig. '1, and this strip inturn is separated out .0pen-' Fig. 6 is a perspective View showing a*trated inFigs. 1 and 2 they serveto aid in supporting the .carton inupright position so that the packages 8 which are to be displayed andven'ded will be brought into" View through a sight opening 9 formed in 0the front 5. The wings 7 not only serve th function of a support butthey add toQth ornamental nature of the article and may be printed,embossed or lithographed with such ornamental designs and. advertisingmatter as may .be desired, in the production of an attractive package.The front 5 7 is separated by a scored line 10 from a strip 11 ;whichconstitutes the top of the carton, o

by ascored line 12 fromthe back 13 of the carton. The front 5 is furtherseparated by a scored line 14 from a strip 15 which constitutes thebottom of the carton and the strip 15 is in turn separated by a scored'line 16 from a tab 17, the latter being provided with ears 18 which areadapted-to enter. the slits -19 formed in the back 13. 'The tab 17carries an easel wing 20 which 'wlien brought to the positionillustrated .in Fig. 2 prevents the device from tipping over rearwardly.This eas'el wing is formed by suitably cutting the blank and normallythe easel 20 lies flush with and constitutes t a part of the blank, butwhen brought to the position illustrated in Fig. 2, an opening 21 isleft through the tab 17 so that a merchant may, through this opening andthrough a corresponding and alined'opening 22 formed in the rear wall13, have .access to the packages 8, for a purpose presently to bedescribed. The back 13 is separated by the scored lines 25 and 26 fromthe strips 27 and 28 "which constitutes the sides of the. completedcarton and-these strips are in turn separated by the scored lines 29 and30 from wings 31 and 32. Recessed portions 33 are formed-beneath thelower 26 and then the wings 31 and 32 are folded over upon the packages.When the front 5 is folded over upon the wings 31 'and 32 th strip 15,is folded over to constitute the bottom of the package and the wings 1 8are inserted in the slit 19,'as illustratedain Fig 2. During shipmentthe wings 7 may be folded over upon the front 5, as illustnated in Fig.6, N n

WVith the carton set up the packages 8 are visible through the sightopening 9 as before stated. Additionally, the line of division betweenthe inner ends of the low-- ermost packages is exposed through theopenings 21 and 22. and the merchant may, by inserting a knife blade orthe finger nail between the ends of the packages, eject the packagesthrough the opening 34 to dispense the same, it being apparent that whenthe lowermost package is ejected the next higher pack-age williinmediately fall into position to be ejected through the opening 34. r

To prevent accidental discharge of the packagesthrough the openings 34,tongues 35 are formed at the lower end of the side Walls 27 and 28.These tongues swing out Wa-rdly when the packages are ejected butputtingsuch frictional resistance upon the packages as to prevent theiraccidental disodgnient.

From the foregbin description it'will be seen that cartons 0 this naturemay be shipped in large quantities and inthe form of containingaplurality of articles and havingan aperture in its front side, adooroneach side of said aperture, said doors presenting relatively largeIsprfaces for the display of advertising matten c a 2. A shipping anddisplay cartoii capable of containing a plurality of articles and havingan aperture formed in one side, said aperture being. of small arearelative to said side, and a door on each side of said aper ture andintegral with said carton.

3. Acarton adapted to serve as a container for a plurality of articlesduring transportation and as a sales device, said carton having anaperture in its front wall and doors 1 ing an aperture formed in itsfront w'all,

and doors integral with said wall and adapt, ed to present a continuoussurface for the reception of advertising matter, said doors being alsocapable of serving as props to maintain the carton in anupright'position.

5. A paper carton made from a single blank of paper and comprising afront Wall having a sight opening, a rear wall having a central openingthrough which the packages are accessible foi'engagementby the fingersand a side wall having a discharge opening 'formed therein through whichthe packages may be thrust when engaged through the opening of the rearwall.

6. A cartonof the character described formed from a single blank ofpaper and comprising a front wall having an opening formed therein,wings projecting from the op'positesides of the front wall, end portionsat the opposite ends of the front wall, a flap connected to one of saidends, side portions, a rear wall ;connecting said side portions and oneof said end portions, wings carried by the side portions adapted to'fold over packages resting against the rear wall, and cutout portions atthe lower ends of the side portions, said cutout portions constitutingdischarge openings for the packages contained in the carton;

'Z. A structure as recited inclaim 6 comprising interengaging elementsformed complementally' upon theifl'ap and the rear wall for securingthese parts together. I

8. A structure as recitedin claim 6 comprising interengaging' elementsformed coniplementallyi upon the flap and the rear wall for securingthese parts together, said flap f and wall having alined openings formedtherein'adjacen't the bottom of thecartbn to permit access to packagescontained in the cartqn for the purpose of ejecting said packages.

9. A structure as recited in claim 6 comprising interengaging elementsformed coni- "pleinentally upon the flap and the rear wall -for securingthese parts together, said flap and wall having alined openings formedtherein adj acent the bottom of the carton to permit access .to packages:contained in the carton for the purpose of ejecting said pack ages, theopening in the flap being formed by striking aneasel wing from said flan testimony whereof I hereunto a x my signature. r I

' ALBERT JAY GA'NZ.

